ICD-10-CM Code for Vernal keratoconjunctivitis, with limbar and corneal involvement H16.26

ICD-10 code H16.26 for Vernal keratoconjunctivitis, with limbar and corneal involvement is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the eye and adnexa .

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Vernal keratoconjunctivitis, with limbar and corneal involvement

Excludes1: vernal conjunctivitis without limbar and corneal involvement (H10.44)

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